Bellows attachment for insect-powder



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BELLOWS ATTACHMENT FOR TNSBOT POWDER, am No. 292,085. Patented Jan.15,1884,

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Ihsrreo STATES PATENT @rrree.

THOMAS WOODASON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BELLOWS ATTACHMENT FOR INSE CT=POWDER, 8&0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,085, dated January15, 1884 Application filed June 20, 1883.

To 00% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS WooDAsoN, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Bellows Attachments for Insect-Powder, &c.; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bellows attachments forinsect-powder, 850.;

and it consists in the combination of a pipe which is connected directlywith the bellows, and which has a perforated end, a chamber in which thepowder or other substance is to be placed, and which chamber isconnected both to the bellows-pipe and to the outlet-pipe, and a smallpipe which is attached to the outletpipe and has no connection with thepipe which is connected to the bellows, as will be more fully describedhereinafter.

The object of my invention is to cause the air which is forced from thebellows to be discharged directly into the receptacle or cham her inwhich the powder is placed and thus create a dust, or to cause thepowder to rise in small clouds and thus be forced out in small regulatedquantities instead of in jets of uncertain quantities, as is the casewhere the chamber is placed upon the top of the outletpipe in the usualmanner.

Figure 1 is a perspective of a bellows embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa vertical central section of the attachment to the bellows by itself. v

A represents a bellows of any suitable shape, size, or construction, andB the pipe which is connected directly to its front end, and

, through which all of the air that is forced from the bellows is madeto pass. The outer end of this pipe, instead of being open so that aircan pass directly through, is here closed, and near the end are made aseries of small perforations, 0, through which the air passes into thereceptacle or chamber D. This chamber D will be of any desired shape,size, or construction, and be secured directly to the bellows-pipe B andthe outlet-pipe E, as shown. Upon the top of this chamber is made asuitable opening which is closed by a screw-cap, and through whichpowder or other substance (No model.)

is inserted. The outlet-pipe E has its inner end closed and its outerend provided, preferably, with small perforations, as shown in Fig. 1,and is held in place by means of the receptacle to which it is rigidlysecured. A suitable space is left between the ends of the two pipes B E,as shown, and both ends being closed it will be seen that there is nodirect connection between the two. Extending upward from the outletpipeE 'into the top of the receptacle is a small pipe, G, through which theair which is forced from the bellows passes into the outlet-pipe,carrying with it the dust which was made by the forcible entry of theair into the receptacle. As the air is forced in different directionsfrom the pipe B,it comes in direct contact with the powder which is.placed in the receptacle, and this powder is carried off with the airthrough the small pipe into the outlet-pipe in fine jets or sprays, andin just large enough quantities to effect the desired result without anywaste.

Where the powder-receptacle is placed above the outlet-pipe andconnected directly thereto, the powder is blown out in such largequantities that a greater or less waste always occurs. In order toprevent this useless waste, I make use of two outlet-pipes which havetheir ends disconnected inside of the receptacle. as shown anddescribed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a bellows attachment,the combination of the bellows-pipe B, an outlet-pipe, E, the chamber D,having an opening through its top, and which serves to connect the twopipes B E together, and a pipe, G, which is connected to the outlet-pipeE, and which extends upward from the outlet-pipe into the top of thechamber D, substantially as shown.

2. In the combination of a bellows-pipe, B, provided with a series ofperforations near its closed end, the powder-receptacle, the outletpipeE, which is supported in position by means of the receptacle, and thesmall pipe connected with the outlet-pipe, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS XVOODASON.

\Titnesses:

A. B. TALLMAN, THOMAS J MOGRATH.

